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pressed, berries black, ombels globose. often 100 
flowers. N. Amer. 
948, Nemexis cerulea R. neog. Sm. pedun- 
cularis Mg. O.—It differs by leaves smooth 
ovate acute cuspidate glaucous beneath, berries 
blue, stem angular, fewer flowers. N, Amer. 
949, Var. oblongata, differs by stem slender 
terete, leaves ovatoblong concolor—is it a sp ? 
fl. not seen. Alleghanies. 
950, Nemexis elliptica Raf. humilis angulosa, 
fol. apice quaternis, omnis ellipt. utringue acutis 
concolor, nervis erosis; pedunc. compressis 
contortis fol. brevior, umbellis non globosis— 
Alabama, 6 to 12 inches high, leaves uncial, pe- 
tiols as long, pedicels of fl. flexuose, petals lan- 
ceol. acute, berries not seen. 
951, Nemexis glauca Raf. humilis, caule te- 
reto gracilis, fol. alt. longe pet. deltoideis oblon- 
gis acutis trinervis utrinque levigatis glaucis, 
basi truncatis—Florida, neither fl, nor fruits, 
but evidently distinct, leaves half size of others 
narrow uncial, glaucous on both sides, petiols 
filiform. 
DILAX Rat. diff. Smilax, 6 sepals lanceol, 
reflexed, stam. 6 erect equal, fl. fem. stig. 2 li- 
gulatis simplex, baccis ovalis compr. loc. 2sp. 
fruticosus erectus, fol. alt. pedunc. longissi- 
mis umbellatis—near Nemexis by peduncles, 
but differing as Clintonia does from Vagnera. 
952, Dilax muricata Raf. (an Sm. tamnifol. 
nonulis ?) caule basi fruticoso angulato, angulis 
muricatis, fol, brevi pet. ovatis, basi subcord. 
acum, nervis retic. margine scabris, glauces- 
cens; pedunc. compressis longissimis, umbellis 
10-15floris, baccis ovalis—Florida, quite differ- 
ent from Sm. muricata, perhaps one of the ob- 
